CMS: More Than 250,000 Physicians Facing Meaningful Use Penalties
More than 257,000 physicians and other health professionals are being notified that
their Medicare payments will be cut next year because they failed to meet federal “meaningful use” standards for using electronic health records, according to CMS.
Big Hospitals Increase Dominance of State Health Care Market
The share of patients discharged from community hospitals fell to 17 percent from 29 percent of the market five years ago, while the five biggest hospital systems gained patients,
according to the report from the Health Policy Commission.
State, Steward Negotiating Quincy Hospital Closure
Tufts Health Plan and Tenet Still at Odds as Deadline Looms
With less than two weeks to go until nearly 20,000 people stand to lose in-network care, two local hospitals and Tufts Health Plan had yet to
reach a deal late this week.
Partners HealthCare Posts $22m Loss
Partners HealthCare, the state's biggest health care provider,
lost $22 million in the last fiscal year, its first loss in 15 years. The losses stemmed from the troubled finances at the company's insurance arm, Neighborhood Health Plan.
Doctor in Stem-Cell Probe Sues Brigham, Harvard
A prominent and controversial heart stem-cell scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and his collaborator
have filed suit in federal court against the hospital and Harvard Medical School, saying the institutions are conducting "a procedurally and legally flawed investigation" into alleged scientific misconduct by the researchers.
Heroin Overdose Deaths Surge Across Mass. in Nov.
Heroin and other opiate overdoses
are spiking across Massachusetts, with an alarming 58 suspected deaths so far this month, the same number reported for all of November, 16 of them in one weekend.
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